this being italy, the doctor corporate bailouts with almost no strings attached. following our case has promised >> reporter: as the virus spreads, the strain on the senate is starting to show. to cook us dinner when this is all ove >> this bill does not create a slush fund. >> reporter: kentucky republican rand paul tested positive o'donnell: o'donnell: breaking news yesterday. he and four colleagues are tonight, healthcare emergency. self-quarantined. the surgeon general warns the pandemic will get worse this the husband of minnesota's amy week as hospitals in parts of klobuchar is hospitalized and on the country are now overflowing. oxygen. today president trump suggested that cutting off commerce to in new york, the outbreak's epicenter, the governor now slow the spread could be worse ordering medical centers to take in more patients as the than the virus itself. vice president pence has said convention center is converted some critical workers who have into a thousand-bed hospital. been exposed might stay on the job if they wear masks. a notion governor cuomo is >> you'll see more people coming into the health system than we can handle. exploring, as well. >> o'donnell: also breaking, no >> you can't stop the economy financial relief in sight with congress unable to agree on a forever, so we have to start the stimulus package, the wall think about, does everyone stay out of work? street meltdown continues. when will a bailout come for >> reporter: tonight democratic millions of american workers and their families? senators are telling us they are making progress in these desperate for treatment, the mad rush to find treatments for the closed-door talks, but they virus. think it might not be until

tomorrow night, norah, that this stockpiles of an anti-malaria bill is ready for a vote. drug are being wiped out. >> o'donnell: which is raising our dr. jon lapook on this questions about what's going to dangerous trend. happen with the markets tomorrow. nancy, thank you. home schooling millions of a rush on medications that many children around the country. hope can treat coronavirus means now back in class at the kitchen those drugs are now in short supply, including for people who table, but are all kids being given an equal opportunity to learn? need them for other serious illnesses. consumer alert, cashing in on but patients with coronavirus public panic. are pleading for treatment now. carter evans reports tonight companies advertising fake coronavirus tests that can from los angeles. produce instant results. >> i'm a young guy. we confront the people selling i have no medical history. (çoughing) false hope. and life goes on. >> reporter: struggling to from drive-by birthday parties speak, brooklyn dr. jinesh patel is a coronavirus patient. to live-streamed weddings, how americans are still finding ways his recovery helped by drugs now in very short supply. to come together from several feet apart. >> it feels so helpless. make it available in time so that it could be used before it >> this is the "cbs evening is too late. ñews" with norah o'donnell >> reporter: some drugs like reporting from the nation's remdesivir have shown promise, çapital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and but new york city dr. jesse thank you for joining us. and as we come on the air greenberg, now in i.c.u., can't get it. tonight, the number of >> what is the next step for your medical care if you don't coronavirus cases in the united get this medication? states is growing exponentially.

>> i don't know. >> reporter: and with hospitals and the surgeon general says it is going to get worse this week. filling up fast, california-based gilead sciences more than a dozen states are now either ordering or asking people which makes remdesivir, reports to stay home. an exceptional increase in compassionate use request, school is now closed for 55 meaning the use of a new, million children, and today unapproved drug to treat a sick virginia's governor called off school for the rest of the year. patient. gilead says the overwhelming stocks plunged again on wall demand forced them to put street as senators battled over relief and stimulus plans. remdesivir on hold for compassionate use. another drug, and just moments ago the president said that the country hydroxychloroquine, has shown was not built to be shut down promise with coronavirus, but patients like those with the and hinted that he wants to find autoimmune condition lupus are a way to get some people back to now seeing dangerous shortages. work, even as experts say americans need to stay at home. some people are stocking up on hydroxychloroquine right now the president's comments come as even though they don't have any states and cities are symptoms. frantically trying to round up medical supplies and increase hospital beds. >> please, i urge everyone, please do not do that. >> reporter: but help could soon be on the way. tomorrow new york state will now, an update on the cases here in the u.s., they have topped start clinical trials of two 42,000 with nearly 600 deaths. drugs. that's new. those on the front lines who new york state has become the need help themselves say it can't happen fast enough. epicenter of the outbreak. 6% of all cases in the world are >> help this drug be made more there. available to those who are in

today florida's governor ordered need before it is too late. anyone traveling from new york >> reporter: the fact that to florida must go into doctors are having such a hard time getting these medications quarantine for 14 days. when they're sick shows just how jericka duncan is in new york critical this situation is, city and leads off our coverage there. because they can't help anyone else until they get better themselves. norah? >> reporter: well, today, norah, marks the first day ofof the mo >> o'donnell: carter, thank you. restrictive guidelines here, chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook joins us now. stay-at-home orders in new york jon, good to see you. city. we also know that essential >> norah, nice to see you. workers are the only ones that >> o'donnell: the surgeon are supposed to be out. general is warning that this week it is going to be bad. now, i can tell you right now as what exactly should america the streets and the sounds of prepare for? the streets are getting quieter, the message to stay inside is >> well, i think we should prepare for understanding that getting louder each day. we have to flatten that curve, right? help has arrived in new york if there are more and more cases happening, we have to buy into city, one of the nation's the fact that when people do largest convention centers is being turned into a field social distancing, when they do hospital. the hand washing properly, they're making a difference. the goal, 1,000 beds for >> o'donnell: we've heard non-coronavirus trauma patients stories of doctors to ease the burden of over-prescribing drugs like overwhelmed hospitals. >> this is a public health hydroxychloroquine, which could emergency. be a possible treatment for this is a matter of life and death. covid-19. eel on this so dangerous? >> reporter: half of the country's covid-19 patients are in new york state. , norah.

i understand the instinct to 1,800 of them are in the city's hospitals. have it just in case, but when governor andrew cuomo says the it's sitting there in your medicine cabinet unused, guess state is trying to get as many what? medical supplies as it can. the people who actually need it may not be able to get it, and >> and we need about 30,000 that's actually happening where people who have lupus, ventilators, and we can just not get them. rheumatoid arthritis, where it is proven to work, they're not >> reporter: hospitals are able to get it. >> o'donnell: so we are now overwhelmed with patients and halfway through the federal guidelines to slow the spread, alarmed that the supplies they have now will be gone in days. this social distancing, are we surgeon cornelia griggs has been seeing any progress? on the front lines at new >> you know, norah, it's really york-presbyterian. hard to know because there is >> when you're a doctor, that's not enough testing right now, and we are still waiting for a very important test that we have not spoken a lot about. really your armor when you are facing walking into a room of a what they're working on now is an antibody test to see if you had an infection. patient with a very infectious disease, and when we don't have our armor, we're completely vulnerable. once we know, we're saying, maybe it turns out a lot more >> reporter: the number of people were infected and immune coronavirus cases in new york has nearly tripled in the last than we realized and we'll get a sense of where this might be three days, totaling over 20,000 headed. cases. >> o'donnell: as we near the louisiana has one of the fastest deadline of those federal growth rates in the country. guidelines, at the same time you hear the governor of new york a stay-at-home order remains in place in at least 13 states saying today, we need to start across the country. talking about reviving the michigan was the latest. economy and sending some people back to work. >> we will all have to make significant sacrifices.

how will public health officials react to that? >> reporter: more than 8,600 >> i heard that, and as a national guard troops have been physician, they do brush up against each other. 'cause think about it, if you activated in all 50 states and d.c., and supply chains are being disrupted. find out that somebody has immunity, those could be the exact people that go back to the some amazon prime shipping is reportedly delayed as lolong as month. 33-year-old jason knoll is living with coronavirus. he remains hopeful people will front line, go back to work. >> o'donnell: what's the guidance about being outdoors? >> yes, you can go outside, yes, >> it's not a big deal for you have to be careful. you have to use your head about it. people that are you and me in my but personally and also as a physician, i think it's good for your physical health. it's good for your mental health, and guess what? age and people that are younger, if your anxiety goes down, that it's not, but it is a big deal for those around them. helps you get to sleep better, it's a big deal for people like and guess what happens during sleep? my daughter who has a heart condition. your immunity gets repaired. >> o'donnell: we all want to it's a big deal for people like keep our immunity way up. thank you, dr. jon lapook. my parents, my kids' grandparents. if they get sick, it's a lot more serious. >> all right, norah. >> reporter: last week governor >> o'donnell: tonight cbs news is investigating misleading claims about coronavirus test cuomo called on retired doctors, kits. even nursing students, to help some are being sold online, others by telemarketers. answer those calls for help, catherine herridge now on what saying that they need more of to look out for. those medical workers. well, today, norah, andrew >> reporter: entrepreneur cuomo, governor cuomo reported jonathan cohen says he's

received 4,000 orders for these that 30,000 people reached out coronavirus tests from china to say they want to volunteer, that he says may identify they want to help fight this pandemic. >> o'donnell: wow. infection in minutes. eed. would be a positive test? jericka, thank you. tt's right.orcticinprop tonight congress still has not social distancing, we met him in the parking lot of his office agreed on a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package. last week so we could see how it works. another vote failed today in the how accurate are the results? senate. the gridlock led to a sell-off >> somewhere between 88% and on wall street. 98%. >> reporter: but medical experts the dow was down almost 600 and former f.d.a. points, while the s&p has falle. officials say cohen's claims are questionable. >> saying i have a test from this is the fastest drop of that china is not enough to put a size in history. test on the market here in the united states. and so in today's world, where we'll turn now to nancy cordes. she is on capitol hill tonight. and nancy, does congress the answers are life and death, understand the urgency here? it is not appropriate to just >> reporter: they do, norah, and senators had been hoping to vote buy a test and sell it here to try to make a profit. today, but now the time line is >> reporter: separately, a cbs news investigation found other slipping because democratic companies blowing through leader chuck schumer is still federal regulations, trying to locked in negotiations with treasury secretary steven cash in on the public's panic. mnuchin. others skirt f.d.a. guidance. republicans argue it is taking s ofife and have misleading t too long and that the markets and workers need certainty now. >> we don't have time for this. >> reporter: emotions ran high today.

>> this is disgraceful. significant problems. >> reporter: jonathan cohen's website, coronachecktest.com >> reprter: as senators tried sells the test to medical professionals, a 25 pack for to seal a $2 trillion deal. nearly $500. >> we don't see this in any way >> we don't think this bill will work. as a replacement for the lab >> reporter: with immediate cash testing, but as a way to supplement or enhance that payments for american workers, testing. >> reporter: their press release billions in grants to small says they launch the test kits following a green light from the businesses, and a surge in f.d.a., but scroll down to the unemployment insurance, up to bottom of their website and four months worth at full there is a disclaimer. salary, even for freelance or this test has not been reviewed by the f.d.a. >> maybe it shouldn't be fine seasonal workers like detroit's print. maybe it should be more prominent. christina hayes, who got laid >> it also says in the fine off by delta last week. print, negative results do not rule out covid-19 infection. >> that's right. >> i'm going to have to map out how one bill is paid. >> reporter: after our or one bill will have to be late. interview, cohen reached out to cbs news. i'm just going to have to make he said they would not ship the it truly work with what they give. test until it was validated in >> reporter: senators know that the u.s., and if it failed, they time is of the essence.odg anno would issue a refund for the thousands that were ordered. catherine herridge, cbs news, is temrarily cories, washington. rkers. >> o'donnell: and we want to remind everyone that the f.d.a. g.e. is slashing 10% of its has not authorized any home workforce.$500illi funfor bi testing kits for covid-19. so be aware out there. and there is still much more industry.ar news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news."

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stack it up for an extra buck. >> o'donnell: virginia today became the second state to >> o'donnell: virginia today became the second state to cancel school for the rest of the year. nationwide nearly 55 million kids are out of school, and while many are learning online, districts with less money and fewer resources are making other plans. here's meg oliver. >> reporter: it was back to school for 12-year-old william snell from his brooklyn kitchen. >> how do you feel about this remote learning? >> i don't really feel good about it, because i like actually talking to my friends in person. >> reporter: the snell family is fortunate. they have the devices to stay connected.

about 300,000 new york city students don't have laptops. are you prepared to continue this remote learning if school is out for the rest of the year? >> i'm prepared to do whatever i need to do for my son. >> reporter: new jersey started online learning last week. so far at least 121,000 public and private schools across the country. 46 states have closed all schools, leaving nearly 55 million students to learn from home. some schools offer virtual classes online. in philadelphia, one of the poorest big cities in america, more than half of lower and middle school kids do not have laptops, so they distributed 60,000 learning packets. >> oh, i'm extremely worried. >> reporter: tenth grade teacher keziah ridgeway started making house calls to students today. >> i just think it's important as a teacher to be that steady force in their lives. for me it's a way to provide

some normalcy. >> reporter: a plan she vows to continue. meg oliver, cbs news. >> o'donnell: it's going to be a challenge for so many of us parents. up next, at a time when we need to come together more than ever, how americans are meeting the challenge.

>> o'donnell: you know, sometimes, some events in our lives are just too precious to miss, even during this

unprecedented emergency. janet shamlian tonight on how some americans are finding ways to celebrate with family and friends. houston holmes said their i do's, it was not with the crowd of 175 the dallas couple planned for. but guests had plans of their own, surprising the newlyweds with a drive-by reception. (çar horns honking) as millions of once-in-a-lifetime events are canceled, like emily hendricks 12th birthday party, america has new ways of making memories. >> we didn't want there to not be something amazing to happen for her birthday. >> reporter: the minnesota girl is hard-of-hearing, but couldn't miss the sound of celebration. >> it was very unbelievable, because this doesn't usually happen. ♪ happy birthday to you reporter: when rhode islander alfred vecoli turned 92, eight

children, 14 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren ditched the party for a parade. >> i don't know. it's too much. it's too much. i'm overwhelmed. >> to those out there on the front lines. >> reporter: and the grand ole opry never missing a saturday in 94 years upheld tradition. ♪ finding a way to come together in a time of being apart. janet shamlian, cbs news, houston. >> o'donnell: they still find a way to be together. we'll be right back.

>> o'donnell: on tomorrow's "cbs evening news," we sit down with garth brooks, who is giving a free online concert tonight. he tells us how he has dealt with adversity throughout his career. and if you can't watch us live, don't forget to set your dvr so you can watch us later.